Employment Law This Week®: Special “Wage and Hour” Edition
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Wage and hour cases, particularly collective and class actions, are among the most costly employment lawsuits for employers. When an employer arguably is mistaken in how it pays employees overtime, does not pay for hours...more
Expert witness fees are not recoverable under the FLSA. So held the Second Circuit in a decision that highlights a strategy we have previously discussed for employers to fend off class/collective actions....more
In Black v. SettlePou P.C., the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s ruling concerning the proper methodology for calculating damages when an employee is misclassified as exempt. In so doing, the Fifth...more
On February 4, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (includes Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin) issued an Opinion authored by Judge Richard Posner that is very favorable to employers. The Court ruled that employees...more